Here you will find Do Now Prompts. If you are absent or lose a Do Now entry, you need to get the prompt from this page and complete the entry for your Assignment Notebook. Make sure each entry is dated with the month, day, and year.
Do Now Prompts
8/13/2010 - If you had a passport and a plane ticket to anywhere, where would you go and why? Write at least four sentences.
8/16/2010 - List three ways that you can be responsible this school year. Then, write a one sentence plan for making these things happen.
8/17/2010 - Why do you think it is important to know about other parts of the world? How can we use this information to improve the lives of people, here and around the world? Write at least four sentences.
8/18/2010 - Choose 5 vocabulary words from Chapter 1. Write a sentence using each of the 5 words. Acceptable Sentence: From my perspective, I can see several hills. NOT ACCEPTABLE: I like perspective. Perspective is very good.
8/19/2010 - Describe where you live in terms of absolute location (1 way) and relative location (3 ways). Use complete sentences.
8/20/2010 - Give an example of a family who moves as a result of a push. Give another example of a family who moves as a result of a pull. Use complete sentences.
8/23/2010 - Turned in Do Now Entries from 8/13/10-8/20/10.
8/24/2010 - Answer the following questions:
1. What is the central line of latitude?
2. What is the central line of longitude?
3. What could you use the coordinates of latitude and longitude for?
8/25/2010 - List 5 ways that you could use coordinates of latitude and longitude.
8/26/2010 - On which continent would you find the following coordinate points?
1. 38 degrees 3 minutes N, 101 degrees 30 minutes W
8/27/2010 - The anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech is coming up. What can you do to honor Dr. King's achievements? Write at least 4 sentences.
8/30/2010 - Answer the If questions:
1. What do urban areas contain?
2. What do rural areas contain?
3. What are two reasons why people move?
4. When and how do humans relate to the environment? Give 2 examples of this relationship.
9/1/2010 - Why is it important to know where fault lines are? How does this information help people to stay safe?
9/2/2010 - The Tennessee River and Chattanooga River flow into the Mississippi River. The Tennessee and Chattanooga Rivers are examples of what?
9/7/2010 - Which state would you like to learn more about? Why? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/8/2010 - What are some physical features of Alabama? List at least 5. Remember that physical features are part of the natural landscape and do not include man-made features.
9/9/2010 - Choose 5 vocabulary words and write 5 sentences, each containing 1 vocabulary word.
9/13/2010 - Why do you think it is important for geographers to divide the United States into physical regions? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/15/2010 - If you were writing a letter to a city, what are some things it would be helpful to know about that city? List 4 items.
9/16/2010 - If you were sending a package to students who wanted to know more about Alabama, what would you include? List at least 4 items.
9/17/2010 - Thinking ahead to Part II of your project, which product (of the 4 choices) do you plan to create? Why? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/20/2010 - Have you ever given a class presentation before? If so, how did it go? What do you plan to do to make this class presentation a success?
9/30/2010 - Why do you think it is important to know about the geography of your country, the United States of America? Write at least four sentences.
10/1/2010 - List 5 things that you learned from your project or another classmate's project.
10/4/2010 - Why are the Appalachian Mountains smaller and less rugged than the Rocky Mountains?
10/5/2010 - What do you know about Canada? Why do you think many Americans do not know much about Canada?
10/6/2010 - In Canada, there are provinces instead of states. Why do you think they are called provinces in Canada?
Here you will find Do Now Prompts. If you are absent or lose a Do Now entry, you need to get the prompt from this page and complete the entry for your Assignment Notebook. Make sure each entry is dated with the month, day, and year.
Do Now Prompts
8/13/2010 - If you had a passport and a plane ticket to anywhere, where would you go and why? Write at least four sentences.
8/16/2010 - List three ways that you can be responsible this school year. Then, write a one sentence plan for making these things happen.
8/17/2010 - Why do you think it is important to know about other parts of the world? How can we use this information to improve the lives of people, here and around the world? Write at least four sentences.
8/18/2010 - Choose 5 vocabulary words from Chapter 1. Write a sentence using each of the 5 words. Acceptable Sentence: From my perspective, I can see several hills. NOT ACCEPTABLE: I like perspective. Perspective is very good.
8/19/2010 - Describe where you live in terms of absolute location (1 way) and relative location (3 ways). Use complete sentences.
8/20/2010 - Give an example of a family who moves as a result of a push. Give another example of a family who moves as a result of a pull. Use complete sentences.
8/23/2010 - Turned in Do Now Entries from 8/13/10-8/20/10.
8/24/2010 - Answer the following questions:
1. What is the central line of latitude?
2. What is the central line of longitude?
3. What could you use the coordinates of latitude and longitude for?
8/25/2010 - List 5 ways that you could use coordinates of latitude and longitude.
8/26/2010 - On which continent would you find the following coordinate points?
1. 38 degrees 3 minutes N, 101 degrees 30 minutes W
2. 83 degrees 10 minutes S, 1 degree 43 minutes E
3. 19 degrees 45 minutes S, 21 degrees 58 minutes E
8/27/2010 - The anniversary of Dr. King's "I Have A Dream" speech is coming up. What can you do to honor Dr. King's achievements? Write at least 4 sentences.
8/30/2010 - Answer the If questions:
1. What do urban areas contain?
2. What do rural areas contain?
3. What are two reasons why people move?
4. When and how do humans relate to the environment? Give 2 examples of this relationship.
9/1/2010 - Why is it important to know where fault lines are? How does this information help people to stay safe?
9/2/2010 - The Tennessee River and Chattanooga River flow into the Mississippi River. The Tennessee and Chattanooga Rivers are examples of what?
9/7/2010 - Which state would you like to learn more about? Why? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/8/2010 - What are some physical features of Alabama? List at least 5. Remember that physical features are part of the natural landscape and do not include man-made features.
9/9/2010 - Choose 5 vocabulary words and write 5 sentences, each containing 1 vocabulary word.
9/13/2010 - Why do you think it is important for geographers to divide the United States into physical regions? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/15/2010 - If you were writing a letter to a city, what are some things it would be helpful to know about that city? List 4 items.
9/16/2010 - If you were sending a package to students who wanted to know more about Alabama, what would you include? List at least 4 items.
9/17/2010 - Thinking ahead to Part II of your project, which product (of the 4 choices) do you plan to create? Why? Write at least 4 sentences.
9/20/2010 - Have you ever given a class presentation before? If so, how did it go? What do you plan to do to make this class presentation a success?
9/30/2010 - Why do you think it is important to know about the geography of your country, the United States of America? Write at least four sentences.
10/1/2010 - List 5 things that you learned from your project or another classmate's project.
10/4/2010 - Why are the Appalachian Mountains smaller and less rugged than the Rocky Mountains?
10/5/2010 - What do you know about Canada? Why do you think many Americans do not know much about Canada?
10/6/2010 - In Canada, there are provinces instead of states. Why do you think they are called provinces in Canada?